More than just a bike was stolen

My husband's Trek bicycle was stolen on Tuesday afternoon during the 10 minutes it was parked outside my office on North Avenue. He had ridden it down from the Federal Center where he works, and had stopped by my workplace for a quick hug and hello after a long and disappointing day.

Here's what bothers me the most about this: that Trek bike was pretty much the one truly nice possession he had.

Three years ago we used some of our tax return money to purchase new bikes for ourselves from Team Active with plans to enjoy them for many years together, and we've gone on some memorable rides.

For his part, my husband took excellent care of his Trek and has spent many hours with it, tinkering, commuting to and from work and exploring the city.

He used it for exercise, stress relief, and transportation - but much more than that was taken from him.

I know that the thief had no way of knowing just how devastating it would be to us, or that my husband is a veteran, or that we're rebuilding our lives after some significant financial upheaval in the past couple of years.

Really, though, even without our backstory, there is nothing in the world that makes stealing okay.

It makes me sick to think that there are people out there who feel they have a right to someone else's property, to just walk up in broad daylight and lay claim to something he or she has no business touching.

Although we're doing all we can to recover it, the sad reality is that we will likely never see his bike again.

It will be years before we can replace it, but it will take even longer for our trust in others to be rebuilt.

Erin Gentry

Battle Creek

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More than just a bike was stolen

My husband's Trek bicycle was stolen on Tuesday afternoon during the 10 minutes it was parked outside my office on North Avenue.